So whose dropping what next year?

Mr.Nice Guy

Blush_01 wrote:

Second year is full of 9 am starts. That's the joy of second year. Plus, politics is vicious. It's reputedly the most failed subject in Arts. Stinky-poo.

That's not something I needed to hear considering I hardly made any 9 am starts in first year and the fact I intend to do politics in 2nd year.

Blush_01

No hon, I'm afraid it IS something you need to hear. Because if you don't know what you're letting yourself in for, you could find yourself face down in a big steamy pile of poo.

Try it for a week or two - then change if you want/can.

<off topic> How come the computers in the LGs are covered in sticky stuff these days?</off topic>

tSubh Dearg

I'm finished with all that Arts business but while I was doing it I dropped Philosophy in favour of G&R and Music.

I loved Greek and Roman and I passed it in both 2nd and 3rd year without doing any work or attending a lot of lectures (I even managed to get an honours degreee in it) I loved all my lectures, esp the Peatfield one in 2nd year on Erotic art and Pornography in Ancient Greece...Hilarious! It was the most well attended lecture of the year with people who weren't even doing G&R sitting in.

If you're a music student I wouldn't advise keeping it up unless you're pretty good at all that theory stuff and have a good head for the history facts. It is better in 3rd year though, you get to do MIDI work and I also enjoyed learning how to transcribe ye olde music into modern notation.

I hope some of that was helpful, I really don't remember much of lectures as I was too busy Auditoring the Jazz Society, running for Welfare and doing other stuff that I really don't remember either. College was fun!

m1ke

I managed to get second year down to only two 9am starts. Unfortunately, all the really interesting courses were on at 9am, so it meant choosing difficult courses instead... including the infamous politics course with the 90% failure rate. So it's usually a flip between a good course and an early start or something really tough in the afternoon.... ahh third year was so easy in comparison!

Jonny Arson

tSubh Dearg wrote:

I loved Greek and Roman and I passed it in both 2nd and 3rd year without doing any work or attending a lot of lectures (I even managed to get an honours degreee in it) I loved all my lectures, esp the Peatfield one in 2nd year on Erotic art and Pornography in Ancient Greece...Hilarious! It was the most well attended lecture of the year with people who weren't even doing G&R sitting in.

I dunno if your a freak or what but everyone who I came across doing that subject absolutely detested it and is dropping it for next year.

tSubh Dearg

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

I dunno if your a freak or what but everyone who I came across doing that subject absolutely detested it and is dropping it for next year.

Well I know one of the best lecturers in G&R left about the year after I did and he was the main reason a lot of people kept up the subject. So I'm not surprised that people don't like it anymore when they're missing out on his excellent teaching methods.

Blush_01

It also helps in seminars if you have a good leader rather than your favourite topic. I got two seminars that I hate the thoughts of, but my leaders are great, so I know I won;t have a problem. T.P. Dolan rocks.